Municipal Corporation (SMC) health officials raided the godown of the scrap dealer and seized the biomedical waste.
A huge quantity of used syringes, needles and biomedical waste was on Monday, recovered from a scrap dealer on the outskirts of the city as part of the crack down on such dealers in the wake of the deadly outbreak of hepatitis in Sabarkantha district.
Municipal Corporation (SMC) health officials raided the godown of the scrap dealer and seized the biomedical waste.
SMC health officials, however, declined to divulge more information as the raid was in progress.
The Gujarat Health Department has initiated a state-wide drive to crack down on those violating the norms of safe medical practice and safe disposal of biomedical waste, following the hepatitis outbreak in Sabarkantha district, which has claimed 56 lives, mainly in the Modasa taluka.
The drive was initiated after a huge quantity of used syringes, needles, IV sets and medicine bottles were recovered from some local scrap dealers in Modasa town.
The scrap dealers had said that some local doctors had sold the medical waste to them. They also said that the medical waste was purchased by big dealers in Ahmedabad and other cities.
Following the leads from scrap dealers, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) health officials on Sunday, recovered over 20 tonnes of biomedical waste from the Vatva industrial area and later sealed the godown from where it was found.
In the last five days, the AMC has sealed six godowns in the city from where over 70 tonne of biomedical waste was recovered.
In Surat, two doctors - RK Patel and AK Biswas - were arrested on Sunday, for not having proper license to practice in the Surat Municipal corporation (SMC) area.
SMC health officials also filed complaints against 50 fake doctors who were treating patients without any qualification.
They also issued notices to 912 laboratories, clinics and private hospitals and asked them to adhere to the norms regarding proper disposal of biomedical waste.
The state health department is also investigating the role of about seven companies, which could be involved in the recycling of the biomedical waste. Couple of companies are based in Gujarat while some are from other states, health department officials said.
The state government has till date filed police complaints against more than 20 doctors and booked over 50 fake doctors and touts operating with proper licenses in different districts, and sealed number of godowns.
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